Fly-shuttle motion.



1 4 WWW No. 890,835. PATENTEI) JUNE 16, 1908. E. H. BABER.

FLY SHUTTLE MOTION. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1906.

attorneys UNITED STATES PATNT OFFICE.

EDGAR H. BABER, OF HENRIETTA, NORTH CAROLINA.

FLY-SHUTTLE MOTION.

Application filed October 22, 1906.

To all whom it-may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. BABER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Henrietta, in the county of Rutherford and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Shuttle Mo tions and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fly shuttle mo tions.

The object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of the picker head, whereby to render it more durable and reduce the danger of breakage to a minimum and further to protect the lay against wear from the picker head in such manner that the life of the lay may be prolonged indefinitely.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts of a loom lay and its adjunctive parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a lay, exhibiting the improvements of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of the picker head; Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the picker head guide; Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of the wear plate for receiving the friction contact from the picker head; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the lay.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the lay, 2 the lay rocking shaft, and 3 the lay swords. These parts may be of the usual or any preferred construction, and therefore need no further description.

The present invention resides in the novel form of picker head and in means for preventing wear of the lay from the picker head. The lay is provided as usual with a longitudinal slot 4, in which works the picker head 5, the same being of cast metal, having pivotally combined with it at 6 a rocking guide 6 that is engaged by the picker stick 7. This stick is constructed of metal and is engaged Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Serial No. 340,052.

at its lower end by a coiled spring 8 that is secured in any preferred manner to the lay rocking shaft.

The picker head is provided with lateral flanges 9, those faces, which will be the upper ones in use, being flat, and those faces that will be the lower ones in use being oppositely inclined, as shown at 10. The flat faces 9 of the flanges engage the detachable wear plate 11 that fits against the under side of the lay, and the beveled faces engage similar shaped walls of a slot 12 in the head guide 13. The wear plate and head guide are held combined with the lay by screws 14 and this will permit ready removal of either the picker head or wear plate where repairs are necessary, as where the picker head becomes useless from any cause or the wear plate becomes worn to such an extent as to cause lost motion to the picker head. It will be seen that by the provision of the wear plate, the life of the loom lay may be indefinitely prolonged as when the plate becomes worn it may be readily removed and replaced by a new one.

The picker head is preferably cast in one piece and may therefore be cheaply and readily produced and easily combined with the lay.

Having thus described. my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is z- In a loom lay an upper member provided with a longitudinal slot and a lower member parallel to said upper member and provided with a slot, a picker head slidable in said. longitudinal slot, a T-shaped guide pivoted to said picker head and having a perforation extending from end to end of the part formed by the arms of the T-shaped part, a pickerstick pivoted in, and passing through the slot of said lower member and projecting into said perforation and a spring fastened to the lower end of said picker-stick and to said lower member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR II. BABER. Witnesses:

T. J. WILKINS, THos. HARRIS. 

